Include a file: Difference between revisions

===Including a file at time of execution===

On the other hand, since REXX is a dynamic language, you can (mis)use some file IO and the INTERPRET statement to include another source file:

<lang rexx>

/* Include a file and INTERPRET it; this code uses ARexx file IO BIFs */

say 'This is a program running.'

if Open(other,'SYS:Rexxc/otherprogram.rexx','READ') THEN DO

say 'Now we opened a file with another chunk of code. Let's read it into a variable.'

do until EOF(other)

othercode=ReadLn(other) || ';'

end

call Close(other)

say 'Now we run it as part of our program.'

interpret othercode

end

say 'The usual program resumes here.'

exit 0

</lang>